Capping-melter.



FRED J. SEVRIN, OF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA.

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CAPPING-MELTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Apr. i1, raie.

Appliation med :rune 1e, 1915. serial No. 34,442. e

To all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, FRED J. SEVERIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Imperial, in the county of Imperial and State of California, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cappingl/Ielters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, sucli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

rl`his invention is an improved .capping melter for use in melting the capplngs and other like material from honeycombs, the object of the invention being to provlde an improved device of this character which 1s cheap and simple, is very strong and durable, which requires only one burner of a gasolene or other stove and which 1s thoroughly eHicient in operation. n

rIhe invention. consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

.In the accompanying drawings Figur'e l is partly an elevation and partly a longitudinal sectional view of a capping melter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the false bottom or partition plate and one of the tubes.

In accordance with my invention the body 1 of the melter, which is here shown as of oblong rectangular form, but which may be of any suitable shape and of any suitable size, has its walls formed with outwardly and upwardly iared upper portions 2. An upper. partition plate or false bottom 3 is arranged horizontally in the body at the point where the liares 2 merge with the vertical .walls and inpractice this false bottom or upper partition plate is made preferably of heavy tinned copper. A lower partition plate 4, which is also preferably made of tinned copper is spaced a suitable distance below the plate 3 and is connected thereto by tubes 5 the ends of which are secured in openings 4 with which the plates 3 4 are provided said openings being circular and said tubes being cylindrical. In practice in a melter in which the plate 8 is 17x13 inches, the tubes are one half inch in diameter and 221 of said tubes are provided.

A collection pan 6 is arranged a suitable distance below the lower partition plate 4 and is provided at the outer end of the melter with a, honey spout 7. The bottomv 8 of the melter is spaced a suitable distance walls 11-12 is adapted for the reception.

of one or more uncapping knives 14 and also serves as an inlet to enable water to be supplied .to ythe waterways.`

y The Abody may be made of iron or other suitable material and in practice is preferably rustproof. Teuton iron is a suitable material for the body of the melter.

ItA will be noted .that the collection pan is` arranged between ltheI top and bottom of the waterway so that it is subjected to the action of heat from the hot water, both above and rbelow and it will be also observed that the tubes which connect the false bottom 3 with the collection pan are arranged Iin the hot water in the waterway. A screw cap 16 is provided for the purpose of discharging water out of the melter when desired without the necessity of tipping up the melter.

In the operation of the melter the same is placed on a gasolene or other stove over a lighted burner and with a sufli-` cient quant'ity of water in the chamber or waterway 9 to entirely iill the same and to also nearly ll the space 10. 'Ihe water is heated to the requisite degree. The cappings to be melted are placed in the receiver 17 formed by the perforated plate 3 and the iares 2 of the walls, and are melted by the heat, the melted material running down through the tubes 5 into the collection pan 6 and passing ofl through the spout 7.

If necessary the cappings and other material may be worked by a paddle while being melted.

The shape of the tubes 5, which is cylindrical, Agreatly facilitates the passage of the melted material therethrough, and said tubes owing to their heated surfaces cause all of the material to be thoroughly melted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim z- 1. A capping melter of the class described comprising a body having a bottom and sidel and end walls, a collection pan spaced from the bottom and having a spout leading through out one wall of the body, an upper false bottom or partition spaced above the collection pan and arranged between the walls, a lower partition spaced below the upper partition and forming the top of the honey pan, so that a water way ,is formed above and below the collection pan, and tubes connecting the upper false bottom and lower false bottom or partition and extending therethro-ugh and communicating at their lower ends with said collection pan said tubes being arranged ,in that portion of the waterway above the collection pan.

2. A capping melter of the class described comprising a body having a bottom and side and end walls, a collec/tion pan spaced from the bottom and having a spout leading through out one wall of the body, an upper false bottom or partition spaced above the collection pan and arranged between the walls7 a lower partition spaced below the r upper partition and forming the top of the collection pan, so that a waterway is formed above and below the collection pan, and tubes connecting the upper false bottom and lower false bottom or partition and extending therethrough and communicating at their lower ends with said collection pan said tubes being arranged in that portion of the waterway above the collection pan, and said tubes being cylindrical in form.

A capping melter of the class described comprising a body having a bottom and side and end walls, a collection pan spaced from the bottom and having a spout leading through out one wall of the body, an upper false bottom or partition spaced above the collection pan and arranged between the walls, a lower partition spacedbelow the upper partition and forming the top of the collection pan so that a waterway is formed above and below the honey pan, and tubes connecting the upper false bottom and lower false bottom or partition and extending therethrough and communicating at their lower ends with said collection pan said tubes being arranged in that portion of the waterway above the honey pan7 and said tubes being cylindrical lin form7 and a wall spaced from one end of the end walls and coacting with it to form an inclined intake portion of the waterway, open at its upper side, and adapted also for the reception of the uncapping knives.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED J. SEVERIN.

Witnesses:

L. E. ADDrs, OTTO STORM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

